Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum

78 mins | Horror, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1933

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

Mystery of the Wax Museum

78 mins | Horror, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Original title Mystery of the Wax Museum
Directors Fred Applegate, Lee Katz, Frank Shaw, Michael Curtiz
Writers Charles Belden, Don Mullaly, Carl Erickson

Cast

Lionel Atwill

as Ivan Igor

Glenda Farrell

as Florence Dempsey

Allen Vincent

as Ralph Burton

Fay Wray

as Charlotte Duncan

Frank McHugh

as Jim

Edwin Maxwell

as Worth

Arthur Edmund Carewe

as Professor Darcy

Gavin Gordon

as George Winton

Matthew Betz

as Hugo

Bull Anderson

as Otto

Holmes Herbert

as Dr. Rasmussen

Claude King

as Mr. Galatalin

William B. Davidson

as Detective (Uncredited)

Guy Usher

as Detective (Uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

Robert Homans

as Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct

James Donlan

as Morgue Attendant (Uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

as Detective at Morgue

Frank Darien

as Autopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)

Wallis Clark

as Autopsy Surgeon's Assistant (Uncredited)

Monica Bannister

as Joan Gale

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre

Lon Poff

as Tall Thin Henchman (Uncredited)

Max Barwyn

as Museum Visitor (Uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Ambrose (Uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

as Igor's Assistant (Uncredited)

Perry Ivins

as Copy Editor (Uncredited)

Margaret Mann

as Wax Figure of Queen Victoria (Uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Plainclothesman (Uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Charles McMurphy

as Policeman in Prison (Uncredited)

Frank Fanning

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Dick Rush

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Policeman (Uncredited)

William Wagner

as Morgue Attendant's Assistant (Uncredited)

Frank Austin

as Winton's Valet (Uncredited)

Walter Percival

as Winton's Attorney (Uncredited)